Keir Starmer gives key update on 'rattled' Putin after Donald Trump threats

Keir Starmer volition telephone for European leaders to crook the screw connected Vladimir Putin's warfare instrumentality aft Donald Trump threatened caller sanctions if the Ukraine warfare does not end

Keir Starmer volition contiguous accidental it is wide Vladimir Putin is "rattled" by economical woes arsenic helium calls connected European leaders to assistance crush his warfare machine.

The PM volition conscionable European leaders successful Brussels for crunch information and defence talks - and helium volition telephone connected them to crook the screw connected Putin's regime. Russia faces skyrocketing ostentation with home unit increasing connected the warmonger President.

US President Donald Trump has piled further unit connected Putin by threatening further sanctions. Mr Starmer volition say: "We request to spot each allies stepping up – peculiarly successful Europe.

"President Trump has threatened much sanctions connected Russia and it’s wide that’s got Putin rattled. We cognize that he’s disquieted astir the authorities of the Russian economy. I'm present to enactment with our European partners connected keeping up the pressure, targeting the vigor revenues and the companies supplying his rocket factories to crush Putin’s warfare machine. Because ultimately, alongside our subject support, that is what volition bring bid closer.”

The US President has vowed economical enactment against Putin if helium fails to extremity the "ridiculous" warfare successful Ukraine. He wrote connected societal media past week: ""Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don't marque a 'deal', and soon, I person nary different prime but to enactment precocious levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions connected thing being sold by Russia to the United States, and assorted different participating countries."

The UK and allies person introduced the astir punishing sanctions ever imposed connected immoderate planetary economy, No10 said past night. Putin himself has admitted these are causing a “colossal fig of difficulties”.

On Monday day the PM volition conscionable with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, earlier travelling to conscionable with the leaders of the 27 EU Member States astatine an informal gathering of the European Council.